1st Grade ELA
40 Lessons
Hawthorne Elementary
Riverside, CA
Urban Environment
1st Grade ELA
(4 Units, 40 Lessons)
Unit 1 - Key Ideas and Details in Literature(12 Lessons)
But ... are they really that different?1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare.
What's the problem?1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:So ... did they fix it? An important element of a story plot is a problem and it's solution. Identifying these is a way in which students can demonstrate comprehension.
Who?1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Whoooo? Whooooo? Asking and answering a variety of questions about the main characters in a story will help students get to the what and why.
Please illustrate your point1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:What better way of understanding the purpose of an illustration, than to illustrate your own work?
Who can do what?1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:This lesson takes the students beyond the names of characters and makes them interact with the story to find out what each character can do.
Inference1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:They can find nuggets of gold in a story ... but they need to explain how they got to the treasure.
It's a hard life!1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Problems (and their solutions): they are what keeps a story moving.
Retelling1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Today we use pictures instead of stepping stones. Pictures can serve as memory aides as children become more confident retelling stories or summarizing selections.
Connections1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Bridges between books will let their minds make important connections.
Now you'll remember1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Drawing the setting and acting out a story with character cut outs can help some students remember the key events in a story.
And what happened next?1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Retelling is a way to show understanding. Using pictures and puppets makes it fun!
They are the same?!1st Grade ELA» Unit:Key Ideas and Details in Literature
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Big Idea:Students will be surprised at how two books that seem completely different can have the same central idea. You'll be surprised at the depth of their analysis.
